Composer

William Bay

Composer, guitarist, trumpet player and music educator

3,069 works and musical collections

Biography

William Bay combines work as a guitarist and trumpet player with composing, teaching and music publishing. His performing and writing experience spans jazz, rock, classical and sacred music. He earned his bachelor's degree at Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree at the University of Missouri.

Bay's work with Mel Bay Publications connects his performing experience with instructional publishing. The Guitar Foundation of America credits him with more than 200 books and documents his work across jazz, rock, classical and sacred repertoire.

Written from Guitar Foundation of America: Biography — Bill Bay.

Life and musical career

Roles: Composer; instrumentalist; instructional author; music publisher
Instruments played: Guitar; trumpet
Education: Washington University in St. Louis; University of Missouri
Styles documented by source: Jazz; rock; classical; sacred
Publishing affiliation: Mel Bay Publications

Sources: Guitar Foundation of America: Biography — Bill Bay.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Guitar, Flute, Harmonica, violin, Trumpet
Genres represented: Jazz, Rock, Blues, Country, Folk
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue page 6 of 64

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Minor Song	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Come Sound His Praise Abroad	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Morning Song, From Wyeth's Repository Of Sacred M	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
o Dance From the Spanish Renaissance (Gasper Sanz)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fingerstyle Solos	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Land of the Silver Birch	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Basic Arpeggios (Not On Cd)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Romance Of Spain	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
String-Skipping Exercises	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Reading the Music Diagrams	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Chord Symbol Abbreviations	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
When The Saints Go Marchin' In	See work details	Guitar Harmonica Ukulele	View sheet music Work & edition details
Whole Steps-Half Steps	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
G Chord Form	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Are You Washed In The Blood	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Will Arise and Go to Jesus	See work details	Guitar Tin Whistle	View sheet music Work & edition details
The First Noel	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear	See work details	Guitar Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Time Signatures (:55)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fingerstyle (:34)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Pensive Mood (:33)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Slide Into E (:42)	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Chords Used	See work details	Guitar Ukulele	View sheet music Work & edition details
C Minor Scale/Harmonic Mode - 3rd Position	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
C Minor Scale/Harmonic Mode - Open Position	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
C Sharp Minor Scale/Harmonic Mode - 6th Position	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Chord Studies in F#m	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
E Scale - 6th Position	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
F Sharp Minor Scale/Harmonic Mode-9th Position	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Minor Seventh chord Etude One	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Echoes Of The Danube	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dunderbeck's Machine	See work details	Harmonica	View sheet music Work & edition details
Raise A Ruckus Tonight	See work details	Harmonica	View sheet music Work & edition details
Where He Leads Me I Will Follow	See work details	Harmonica	View sheet music Work & edition details
Just A Closer Walk With Thee	See work details	Guitar Banjo Harmonica 1 more instruments Ukulele	View sheet music Work & edition details
10) Minor Major Seventh	See work details	Banjo	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Blue Bells Of Scotland	See work details	Ukulele	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Sidewalks of New York (East Side, West Side)	See work details	Ukulele	View sheet music Work & edition details
Put Your Arms Around Me Honey	See work details	Ukulele	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Darktown Strutters'ball	See work details	Ukulele	View sheet music Work & edition details
Tremolo Song	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
C Minor Boogie	See work details	See edition details Blues · Rock	View sheet music Work & edition details
Walkin In Eb	See work details	See edition details Blues · Rock	View sheet music Work & edition details
Walkin' The Bass	See work details	See edition details Blues · Rock	View sheet music Work & edition details
Am Drive	See work details	See edition details Blues · Rock	View sheet music Work & edition details
Walkin' In C	See work details	See edition details Blues · Rock	View sheet music Work & edition details
Good Christian Me, Rejoice!	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Streets Of Laredo	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details